Kyle Joseph George Lafferty (Enniskillen, 16 de setembre de 1987) és un jugador de futbol professional nord-irlandès, que actualment juga com a davanter al Norwich City i a la selecció d'Irlanda del Nord.
Lafferty va iniciar la seva carrera al Burnley anglès, on hi va disputar 89 partits. Posteriorment, fitxaria pel Glasgow Rangers, el 2008, per la quantitat de 3.25 milions de lliures. A Escòcia va guanyar tres títols de lliga, un de copa, i dos de Copa de la Lliga. El 2012 Lafferty va decidir no seguir al Rangers, després que aquest canviés de propietari, i va marxar a Suïssa, per jugar amb el FC Sion. L'any següent va fitxar pel Palermo, equip amb el qual va guanyar la Serie B, aconseguint l'ascens a la primera categoria del futbol italià, i el 2014 va fitxar pel Norwich City.
El seu debut amb la selecció nord-irlandesa es va produir el 2006, havent disputat des d'aleshores 50 partits. Amb un total de 17 gols, és el segon màxim golejador històric de la selecció d'Irlanda del Nord, només pel darrere del seu excompany a la davantera David Healy, que va deixar la marca en 36.
llegir més...El 16 de setembre de 1987 era un dimecres sota el signe estrella de ♍. Era el 258 dia de l'any. El president dels Estats Units era Ronald Reagan.
Si vas néixer aquest dia, tens 38 anys. El teu darrer aniversari va ser el dimarts, 16 de setembre de 2025, fa 253 dies. El teu proper aniversari és el dimecres, 16 de setembre de 2026, d'aquí a 111 dies. Heu viscut durant 14.133 dies, o unes 339.206 hores, o uns 20.352.413 minuts, o uns 1.221.144.780 segons.
Date: 16 September 1987
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-15 Three days of U.S.-Soviet talks were opened with the signing by President Reagan of an agreement on centers to reduce the risk of nuclear conflict. The accord sets up a second Moscow-Washington communications link. Page A1 An office associated with the P.L.O.
Date: 16 September 1987
Reuters
LEAD: Midland Bank P.L.C. said Hanson Trust P.L.C. had increased its stake in Midland, the country's fourth-biggest bank and the target of takeover speculation. Midland said Hanson, a large British conglomerate, had raised its stake to 6.1 percent, from 5.8 percent. Hanson said it had the stake as an investment.
Date: 16 September 1987
Reuters
LEAD: Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd. has acquired a 4.9 percent stake in Britain's Cable and Wireless P.L.C. The Hong Kong concern, owned by the Li Ka-Shing, said it had bought the stake for just under $3 billion (Hong Kong), or $385 million (American). Cable and Wireless said its stock structure prevented any individual shareholder from owning more than 15 percent of the telecommunications company.
Date: 16 September 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The Chrysler Corporation increased its sales incentives on four-door models of the 1986 and 1987 Jeep Cherokee and Comanche. The program, which is retroactive to Sept. 14 and will expire on Sept. 30, offers 1.9 percent annual financing for two-year loans, down from the 3.7 percent rate that had been in place.
Date: 16 September 1987
Reuters
LEAD: Montleigh Group P.L.C. said it had agreed to acquire Pension Fund Property Unit Trust for $:271 million, or about $445 million. Montleigh is a British investment and development group.
Date: 16 September 1987
By Philip E. Ross, Special To the New York Times
Philip Ross
LEAD: The Honda Motor Company has apparently decided to build a second auto assembly plant in Ohio.
Date: 17 September 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: Pacific Bell, the Northern California telephone operating company, said today it is offering voluntary early retirement to about 17,500 management employees in an effort to reduce the size of its workforce. The early retirement program also pertains to about 190 managers of Pacific Telesis Group, Pacific Bell's parent.
Date: 17 September 1987
Reuters
LEAD: The Texas investor T. Boone Pickens said today that he planned to countersue the Newmont Mining Corporation in a Nevada court.
Date: 16 September 1987
By James Sterngold
James Sterngold
LEAD: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation has agreed to increase its offer for the 48 percent of Marine Midland Banks it does not already own to $83 a share, from $70, the banks announced yesterday.
Date: 16 September 1987
AP
LEAD: Output at the nation's factories, mines and utilities rose three-tenths of 1 percent in August, the seventh consecutive monthly advance, the Government said today.